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Hello, everyone. I
have another deck fix for you, and
this one should be rather
interesting. An Arcana Force XXI -
The World lockdown kind of deck.
Let's fix this one up, shall we?
Hi. I've been
reading through your deck-fixes, and
I'm interested in seeing what you'd
do with this deck. This deck is the
latest incarnation of a deck I've
been running at the weekly local
tournaments with limited success.
It's mostly supposed to be a "for
fun" deck, but if I can make it
competitive, I'd like to.
Arcana Schwartz -
Monsters: 19
2 Arcana Force XXI - The World
3 Arcana Force VII - The Chariot
3 Arcana Force VI - The Lovers
3 Arcana Force IV - The Emperor
2 Shining Angel
1 Marshmallon
3 Samsara Lotus
2 Arcana Force 0 - The Fool
Magic: 11
2 Second Coin Toss
2 Deck Lockdown
2 Double Summon
2 Light Barrier
1 Heavy Storm
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Pot Of Avarice
Trap: 10
3 Reversal Of Fate
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
2 Magic Jammer
2 Zero Gravity
1 Light of Intervention
Total: 40
Sidedeck:
2 Pulling The Rug
2 Divine Wrath
3 Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
3 Barrier Statue Of The Heavens
2 Gravekeeper's Servant
1 Pot Of Avarice
2 Heart of Clear Water
Obviously, this deck focuses on
the Arcana Force monsters,
particularly on the World/Samsara
combo and The Fool. The Chariot and
The Lovers make getting the two
tributes for The World easier, with
The Emperor for a powerup, made
easier to get out with Shining
Angel. The Fool is the main wall in
this deck, also supported by Shining
Angel as well as Light of
Intervention and Zero Gravity to get
it into Defense position with the
(hopefully 'tails') effect activated
(I've had a couple opponents close
to tearing their hair out after
pulling this off, so I'm rather
attached to it). Samsara is there to
sac for The World's effect, and
Marshmallon for the extra 1000
damage and wall effect (and because,
honestly, I like it).
Second Coin Toss, Light Barrier,
and Reversal of Fate are there to
help me not get screwed over by a
bad flip. Double Summon helps get
out either The World quicker, or,
ideally, pulling out two Samsaras at
once for World's effect. Deck
Lockdown is there to help slow down
the fast-summoning decks that most
of the other people at my locals
use, and Heavy Storm to clear the
m/t zones for Samsara's resurrection
effect. Bottomless, Jammer, MST, and
Pot of Avarice are for general
support.
The sidedeck exists specifically
to help counter the Caius/Macro type
decks that hurt this deck a lot.
Any suggestions you could make
for this deck would be very welcome.
--JT
I love interesting
decks that few people would run
(read: my own Burn deck that I
recently fixed) or even consider.
Even though some people have tried
the World lockdown deck, not too
many have succeeded. Let's be one of
those that did. I hope.
Cards to cut:
- 3 Arcana Force
IV - The Emperor
- 2 Deck Lockdown
(best suited for the side deck)
- 1 Pot of Avarice
- 2 Magic Jammer
- 1 Light of
Intervention
I cut 9 cards from
this deck. With a deck like this,
it's difficult to cut anything,
especially when working with
something you haven't really worked
with, even though you know how the
deck is to work. The Emperor does
little for you here other than serve
as another Arcana Force monster, so
that got cut. Deck Lockdown is
better suited for the side deck. Pot
of Avarice won't help us too much in
the long run (not in my opinion). By
the time you get ready to use it,
you should either a) have your lock
going or b) have the duel over with
(with hopefully you as the victor).
Magic Jammer has a better
alternative. Light of Intervention
is unnecessary with what I plan to
add.
Cards to add:
+ 2 Nova Summoner
+ 1 Treeborn Frog
+ 1 Sangan
+ 2 Terraforming
+ 1 Giant Trunade
+ 3 Solemn
Judgment / Dark Bribe / Magic Drain
/ Seven Tools of the Bandit
I added 10 cards,
bringing you to 41. Oh well. Nova
Summoner works here since all of
your search targets by Shining Angel
can also be searched by Nova
Summoner, who can also bring your
cards out in Defense mode, perfect
for Arcana Force 0 - The Fool.
Treeborn Frog functions like Samsara
Lotus and will work nicely as bait
for Arcana Force XXI - The World.
Sangan to search out what you need.
Terraforming to bring Light Barrier
online more quickly. Giant Trunade
as another way to clear your Spells
/ Traps alongside Heavy Storm. The
Counter Traps to protect you. Solemn
Judgment and Dark Bribe are the best
ones to use, but if you can't get
your hands on them, then Magic Drain
and Seven Tools of the Bandit work.
Of course, Magic Jammer may be the
better choice over Magic Drain since
you don't want to take the chance of
your opponent stopping your lock by
possibly letting one key Spell be
forced through.
I'm sorry I
couldn't do more for this. Maybe
that's a good thing. Maybe not.
Sometimes the tiniest changes make a
world of difference. If things still
don't work out too well, try
changing your playing style.
[begin history
lesson] Changing your playing style
can often help make the deck work a
little better because you're playing
it differently. When I initially
built my Burn deck (a year ago), I
played it somewhat aggressively,
attacking when I could. The same
went for my other decks, whether
they were attack-oriented or
control-based. I would still attack,
attack, attack. Consequently, my
decks never performed their best.
They still won, but not as much as
they should have. After about three
different versions of my Burn deck,
I changed things up a bit and
focused more on Burning my opponent
instead of trying to poke through
for a little bit of damage that was
easily mitigated by Snatch Steal
(which was still legal at the time).
My deck started working like it was
supposed to - Burning for the win
instead of attacking. Now I still
did attack, but only on an open
field where it wouldn't be stopped.
I never took the chance of running
into something that would blow my
strategy out of the game. I changed
the style, and that improved things.
That's why people can be successful
with whatever well-built deck they
play (or even some average-built
decks and some poorly-built decks) -
because they adapt their playing
style to the deck. [end history
lesson]
Well, that's all I
have for now. Comments, etc. can be
sent to
darkdestructionv30@yahoo.com
I am working on
everyone's fixes, people. I've been
busy, so just give me time, and they
will all be done. Patience is a
virtue, people. (But time is money,
and I'm broke.)
Until next
time....
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